Hat-supporting device



Mar. 6,1923. 1,447,602

E. c. PIERCE HAT SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed Apr. 9, 1921 Patented Mar.i923.

tuner ELIZABETH C. PIERCE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Application filed April 9, 1921. Serial No. 459,856.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH C. France,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county andState of New York have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHat-Supporting Devices, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention relates to a hat supporting device; that is, to a devicewhich may be arranged inside of a hat, particularly a ladys hat, forsupporting the hat comfortably upon the wearershead.

A further object is to provide a device for this purposewhich willreadily accommodate itself to the contour of the wearers head and hairthus enabling the hat to assume an easy and proper position irrespectiveof the way in which thewearers hair 20 is arranged, and withoutlikelihood of deranging the hair.

Afurther object is to provide a device which is simple, cheap andeiiicient and which may beeasily and quickly attached in position withina hat.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific thanthose referred to above, will be in'part obvious and in part pointed outin the course of the following description of the elements,combinations,

arrangements of parts and applications of principles constituting theinvention, and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated inthe appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of thisspecification, and in which I have shown merely a. preferred form ofembodiment of the invention:

Figure l is a perspective view of a ladys hat illustrating the device ofthis invention in position therein, and

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device shown enlarged and removedfrom the hat.

Referring to the drawings for describin in detail the structure which isillustrate therein, the reference character L indicates the hat havingthe usual head opening 1.

The present invention consists of two pieces, as 2 and 3, of tape orother similar material, said pieces being of substantially equal length.They extend at right angles to each other and are connected together attheir lapping point by a connecting plate G. This plate has two pairs ofopenings therethru, one pair as 4 and 5, having the tape 2 threadedtherethru, and the other pair, as 6 and 7, receiving the tape 3. All ofthe openin s are suitably large so that the plate G is capable of movingreadily from one position to another along the length of the two tapesthus enabling the tapes to be positioned for properly fitting to theshape of the wearers hair.

At their ends both of the pieces of tape are preferably provided withfastening devices H. These may be of any suitable character butpreferably consist of double pointed pins since the same are capable ofbeing thrust thru portions of the hat material and of being securelyheld by being bent over upon the opposite surface of the hat material.The end portions of the tapes are preferably folded back uponthemselves, as indicated at 8, so as to provide a suitable attachingbody for the devices H.

It should be mentioned that in some instances the ends of the tapes maybe left without attaching means, the tapes being in this case intendedto be cut to proper lengths for correctly fitting into the hat and to bethereafter attached by needle and thread.

It should also be noted that the attaching devices H, or theirequivalent where used, are preferably attached to the tapes in suchmanner that they may be readily disconnected and moved to other placesalong the length of the tapes, this provision being for the purpose ofenabling the user to prop erly fit the device into the hat crown.

The position within the hat into which the device is placed is clearlyseen in the drawing in Fig. 1; that is, with the ends of the tapesattached at four substantially equidistant points 9 around the hat band,the 95 plate G being held centrally so that it will rest upon the top ofthe wearers head and so that the tapes will extend in four radialdirections downwardly about the head to their points of attachment withthe hat.

If desired a suitable attaching device may be providedfor flexiblyconnecting the plate G with the crown of the hat so as to insure thatthe tapes will always stand in the proper position whether the hat is inuse or not. This device may take any form but for convenience is shownto consist of a tab 10 connected with the plate G by means of a cord, orthe like, 11, said tab being preferably made of gummed cloth or paper sothat it is adapted to be stuck on to the inner surface of the hat crown.

The tapes 2 and 3 may be of any suitable material but preferably are ofthe elastic type so that they will stretch longitudinally to a suitabledegree for allowing the hat to rest comfortably upon the wearers head.The use of elastic tape in this connection has a further advantage inthat it will stretch and thus permit the hat to be drawn downwardly overthe wearers head to what may be termed an abnormal position. Byinserting one or more hat pins in the usual manner at this time thru thehat and hair, then the effort of the elastic tapes to lift the hat willresult in clamping the hair to a certain extent between the tapes andthe hat pins thus producing a comfortable tightness of the hat upon thehead.

While the tapes are shown and described as extending continuously thruthe plate Gr, and said plate G is described as being movable upon saidtapes, it should nevertheless be understood that in some instances thetapes may be separated at the plate and that the plate may be connectedso that it will not be movable longitudinally of the tapes. It shouldalso be understood that while two pieces of tape, providing four ends,are shown and above described, yet any number of tapes and ends may beprovided according to preference, it being observed in this connectionthat the tapes Pll',

inarily constitute only a sort of false .cap'

which fits readily to the contour of the we'arers hair and which in turnsupports the hat.

By using this device the band portion of the hat may be suitably largeso that it does not press against the wearers head and derange her hair.Any ordinary size of hat .bandmay be used with equal comfort provi'dedonly that it is large enough not to bind against the wearers head, andonce the de yice of this invention is placed therein no furtherattention-need be given it during the life of the hat. L

As many changes could be made in this construction without departingfrom the scope of the invention as defined in the fol-,

.1-1 winge1aimfs, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovedescription, or

shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustratlveonly and not in a limiting sense. b

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A hat supporting device comprising aplurality of tapes arranged in lapping post tion, a connecting plate atthe lapping point of said tapes, and said plate having openingsthe-rethru thru which said tapes are threaded to hold said tapesconnected and suitable for use in the manner set forth.

2. A hat supporting device comprising a plurality of tapes arranged inlapping position, a connecting plate at the lapping point of said tapes,said plate having openings therethru thru which said tapesare threadedto hold said tapes connected, and said openings being of a size topermit free movement of the plate longitudinally of said tapes for thepurpose set forth.

3. A hat supporting device made upas an article of manufacture adaptedto be dis pensed-separately from the hat but to be connected with a hatfor use for the purpose set forth, said supporting device comprising aflexible-cap adapted to rest upon and to accommodate itself readily tothe contour of the wearers head, and having holding means carriedthereby adapted to releasably engage the band portion of a hat forreleasably retaining the supporting device in operative position withinthe hat, sald holding means comprising a plurality of bendable tangsadapted to penetrate the material of the hat and to be bent into aretaining condition.

4. A hat supporting device made up as an article of manufacture'adaptedto be dispensed separate from the hat but to be connected with ahat for use for thefpurpose set forth, said supporting device comprisinga plurality of flexible cloth tapes connected together radiating from asubstantially central point so as to constitute a cap adapted to restupon and to accommodate itself readily to the contour of the wearershead and attaching means detachably connected at the ends of said tapeswhereby said attaching means may be moved to different positions alongvthe length of said tapes, said attaching means being of a character toreleasably engage the band portion of a hat for releasably retaining thesupporting device in operative position within the hat. I

5. A hat supporting device made up as an article of manufacture adaptedto be dis- ,pensed separate from the hat butto be connected with a hatforuse for the purpose set forth, said supporting device comprising aflexible/cap adapted to rest up'on and to accommodate itself readily tothe contour of the wearers head, holding means carried by the capadapted to releasably engage the band portion of a hat for releasablyretaining the supporting device in operative position within the hat,and other means carried by the central portion of said cap by which toconnect said central portion with the crown portion of the hat wherebyto

